Ramtech Constructs Modular Sales Office for Payne Mitsubishi in Brownsville, TX
Last month Ramtech had the opportunity to photograph the new Mitsubishi sales office we built for Payne Auto Group at their Brownsville, TX location prior to the facility’s Thanksgiving weekend opening. Payne sought to strengthen its dealership network in the rapidly growing Rio Grande Valley area of South Texas by adding a new Mitsubishi sales office adjacent to their Volkswagen dealership. The company was required to have a standalone facility which became the fifth project that they contracted with Ramtech to build. We adapted the previous modular sales office designs we developed for them to deliver a value-engineered solution that provided scaled cost savings for both the current building and any future expansions.
The facility features private offices, a spacious showroom, customer lounge, and service support areas, with all interior finishes adhering to the Mitsubishi Motors Visual Identity Manual. The site-completed elements include corporate signage, an extended fascia, a covered service carport, and an illuminated entrance gate with LED feature lighting that enhances brand visibility along the main highway frontage road. 
The building was crane-set on a modified pier-and-beam foundation and engineered for Texas Department of Insurance Wind Zone 1 (140 mph) standards and includes a zero-step threshold to bring the building flush to grade. The centerpiece of the new facility is the indoor showroom which can display two vehicles on the tiled floor and is reinforced with supplemental would joist sub-girts which can support concentrated live loads over 6,000 lbs. per vehicle.
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Ramtech to Exhibit at the TML Annual Conference and Exhibition
Ramtech will be returning to exhibit at one of the most productive conferences we attend each year, the 2025 Texas Municipal League Annual Conference and Exhibition at the Fort Worth Convention Center October 29-31. Ramtech’s Business Development Specialist Jade Pulfer and Project Estimator Victor Montano will be on hand in Booth 225 to represent our relocatable buildings and permanent modular construction offerings at the conference.
Founded in 1913, the Texas Municipal League is dedicated to empowering Texas cities to serve their citizens effectively amid evolving governance challenges. The TML serves as an essential advocate and resource provider for over 1,100 member municipalities, offering legislative advocacy, legal guidance, professional training, risk management services, and networking opportunities to foster collaboration and innovation in local government. Through these efforts, TML helps city officials navigate policy complexities, secure harmonious relations with state and federal entities, and deliver sustainable, high-quality public services to their communities.
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Ramtech Celebrates Team Member Anniversaries
As a full-service design-build construction company, Ramtech has developed many keys to our success since our founding 43 years ago. Our experience in providing for every element in the
Education Specialist Sabrina Queen and Project Manager Neil Briscoe
design, manufacturing, and construction of commercial modular buildings has allowed us to build a reputation as the premier modular construction company in the Southwest.
With a resume now approaching 5,000 successfully completed projects, Ramtech continues to be an industry leader and innovator
Quality Assurance Manager Jandra Neeper
in the development of high quality relocatable and permanent modular buildings. This success would not have been possible without the dedicated efforts and years of experience of our team members, some of whom have been with us for most of their professional careers.
We’d like to take this time to recognize the following team members that celebrated their Ramtech milestone anniversaries with us during the second quarter of 2025:
- 40 Years: Jandra Neeper
- 40 Years: Kenny Wallis
- 35 Years: Sabrina Queen
- 5 Years: Neil Briscoe
From all of us at Ramtech, we thank each of you for your years of dedicated service in helping to make Ramtech Building Systems the company we are today.
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Ramtech Receives Two MBI Awards of Distinction Honors at the 2025 World of Modular Convention in Las Vegas
Ramtech added to our long collection of Modular Building Institute Awards of Distinction trophies by receiving two awards at this year’s 42nd annual 2025 World of Modular Conference and Tradeshow held April 7 – l0 at the Bellagio Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. A record 1,741 attendees gathered at the sold-out conference which focused on key themes including affordable housing, the current evolution of construction, and an introduction to modular construction.
Ramtech received our first first-place award in the Relocatable Modular Assembly category for our 26,200 square foot five-gate airport terminal extension for Denver International Airport’s Concourse A East ground loading facility. The building extends and expands the initial modular building Ramtech constructed for DIA in 2017. 
The Type II modular building was comprised of thirty-six 52-foot modules with open web steel trusses and perimeter structural and sub-floor shear walls which were oriented end-to-end to provide a 250 foot clear span facility that sits atop a proprietary stacked CMU pier foundation which was bonded to the existing tarmac surface. The industrial metal siding provides a clean exterior look with large windows and white and gray metal siding to match the original modular building and complement the sculpted canopy design of the adjacent DIA permanent structure. The building meets the standards set for the FAA’s compliant passenger gate waiting areas, including a 20-foot-wide continuous walkway and space for high-stooled charging workstations.
Ramtech also received an honorable mention trophy for our Los Alamos National Laboratory multi-use office building entry in the Permanent Modular Office category. Using our proprietary slab-on-grade ‘floorless’ modular system, the 23,300 square foot Type II two-story facility offers a clear span approach to the overall structure allowing for versatile space planning that includes 14 private offices, extensive open workspaces, upper and lower-level breakrooms, four communications rooms, men’s and women’s restrooms, modular elevator, and mechanical and electrical rooms. 
The building exterior was designed to complement the industrial nature of the adjacent area by using horizontal steel siding panels, while the interior utilizes a combination of carpet tile, porcelain tile and non-static VCT, along with textured and painted walls and 2×2 revealed edge acoustical tile in a slim-line grid system for the ceilings.
Ramtech’s winning projects and all of the other outstanding 2025 MBI Awards of Distinction entries can be viewed by visiting the Modular Building Institute website at www.modular.org.
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Project Estimator Brian Wier Joins Ramtech Building Systems
Project Estimator Brian Wier Joins Ramtech Building Systems
Ramtech recently made a significant addition to our development team by welcoming on board industry veteran Brian Wier to serve in our estimating department. Brian brings to Ramtech a broad background in project estimating and the managing of vendor relationships for the development of complex projects for a wide variety of industrial and commercial building applications. His previous work experience also includes a leadership roles in creating and implementing training procedures for project estimators in both Texas and Oklahoma.
Brian joins Ramtech at a pivotal time for us as we seek to grow both our traditional and slab-on-grade permanent modular construction business. In welcoming Brian, Matt Slataper noted, “Bryan’s diverse experience has prepared him to add immediate value in our Estimating Department in order to coordinate with our Sales and Design teams, and to be a liaison with different subcontractors, suppliers, and design partners to help us deliver the highest quality modular building solutions possible for our customers. We are thrilled to have Brian join the Ramtech team and we’re excited to see what the future holds as he develops into a key thought-leader within our organization.”
Brian attended school high school locally in Fort Worth, then completed a general studies degree in the Tarrant County College system. In addition to furthering his leadership and organizational skills to focus on product quality, labor efficiencies, and volume goals, he is also a credentialed CISCO Certified Network Administrator by way of the Cisco Networking Academy program.
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